crashers after upgrade

[cods]

hi e1 ive been a unbuntu user for about 10 months new .ive been user ultimate for most of that time ... ive just upgraded from 1.4 to 1.5 reloaded graphics drivers rebooted fine ... then i done my normal updates , and now it wont boot up xserver and n screens found ... just a blue error screen .. ive ad dis problem last time i upgraded . i redone my comp is there a way of getting it working again or will i have 2 start from scratch for the 3rd time lol.ps i dont know how 2 get back on the norm screen from there . i a new user but been learning fast . hope someone can help many thanks Neil

[DaddyX3]

hi e1 ive been a unbuntu user for about 10 months new .ive been user ultimate for most of that time ... ive just upgraded from 1.4 to 1.5 reloaded graphics drivers rebooted fine ... then i done my normal updates , and now it wont boot up xserver and n screens found ... just a blue error screen .. ive ad dis problem last time i upgraded . i redone my comp is there a way of getting it working again or will i have 2 start from scratch for the 3rd time lol.ps i dont know how 2 get back on the norm screen from there . i a new user but been learning fast . hope someone can help many thanks Neil

1. What type of graphics card do you have?
If it is a "No Xserver found" type screen, you can boot in recovery mode from the GRUB menu (hold esc key down after BIOS post). Once the text stops and leaves you at a command prompt type:

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dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

This will bring up a generic type GUI that will allow you to configure your xorg.conf file (which is needed to have a Desktop/GUI). Depending on what type of graphics card you have, you will be able to specify the driver for it with this tool and save it to xorg.conf. Please post your type of graphics card you are running.

[cods]

hi thank you for quick response i got a nvadia 6100 graphics card . In the terminal i type envy-t yeah and select graphics iam usin will it auto save from there ??? many thanks Neil

[cods]

hi just 2 update i tried doing that got the reconfigure xserver done all the settings through the screen eg monitor keyboard ect....then it goes back to the terminal .But it still not let me load up ,also on the screen there something about password not set !on the boot screen theres kernal 2.6.20.16 and 2.6.20.15 i can boot up as norm on the 2.6.20.15 but not the other which i suppose is the updated one... ps i dont know how to save the settings through the reconfigure it just went back to the terminal any help would be great ... Neil

[cods]

hi i redone what u said works a treat now thank you very much..once i got back on i reloaded envy and it seems fine now . ps how do i know if i is running 1.5 ....i just like 2 add ubuntu rocks i dont use windows at all now apart from odd time on my laptop but i tryin to sort that out

[DaddyX3]

hi just 2 update i tried doing that got the reconfigure xserver done all the settings through the screen eg monitor keyboard ect....then it goes back to the terminal .But it still not let me load up ,also on the screen there something about password not set !on the boot screen theres kernal 2.6.20.16 and 2.6.20.15 i can boot up as norm on the 2.6.20.15 but not the other which i suppose is the updated one... ps i dont know how to save the settings through the reconfigure it just went back to the terminal any help would be great ... Neil

When your done with the reconfigure xserver-xorg, it will ask you if you want to save it "yes" or "no" once you select "yes" and hit enter, it is written to your xorg.conf file. When you get back to the terminal you can get back in to desktop by typing

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su your_login_name

To start GDM (to get back into the desktop):

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/etc/init.d/gdm start

or you could try simply

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startx

As far as your dual kernel situation, I had the same problem when I installed the nvidia drivers from envy. I don't know why that happens but if you run the .15 kernel the newly installed nvidia drivers do work, you can confirm this with the Nvidia control manager. If you don't want to have to select that kernel everytime you boot your computerj just edit your grub menu.lst. I'm going to refer you to this POST for editing your grub. (too much typing )

[cods]

Well thank you for all your help . Its running fine now

[LeadFingers]

Hi cods:

I could be wrong, but I think you can spare yourself some xorg agony next time you update.
The fine lad that wrote "Envy" recommends removing your drivers with envy, BEFORE you update.
(if that was how you installed them)
After the update, the legacy drivers should give you a nice pretty desktop and install your drivers again with Envy.

[DaddyX3]

Hi cods:

I could be wrong, but I think you can spare yourself some xorg agony next time you update.
The fine lad that wrote "Envy" recommends removing your drivers with envy, BEFORE you update.
(if that was how you installed them)
After the update, the legacy drivers should give you a nice pretty desktop and install your drivers again with Envy.

Thanks Lead Fingers- I'll give it a shot next time I install on this box. I never have this prob with installs on my HTPC box with on-board solution Just my box with the 6800GS card ... weird. However, I do like to do things the hard way, lol.